Kim KnightSenior journalist - Premium lifestyle·NZ Herald·28 Jun, 2026 11:58 PM4 mins to read‌Chef Nic Watt, pictured at his Ponsonby restaurant Inca, has announced the closure of Commercial Bay's Cāntīng. Nic Watt’s upmarket modern Chinese restaurant Cāntīng is Auckland’s latest hospitality casualty – and the third restaurant liquidation for the celebrity chef.Cāntīng, in Auckland’s Commercial Bay precinct, entered voluntary liquidation today.Nineteen staff were informed at an 11am meeting.

In a statement, Watt said all wages and leave entitlements